Our Visit to the Homosexual Youth Group

Our Visit to the Homosexual Youth Group
By Brent Burgess

On Tuesday, July 9, 2002, a group of us became aware that the Cathedral of Hope's youth group was meeting at the youth center of the church. We decided, as concerned Christians, to go and spy out the land! Silence was the best policy because we had no clue what to expect when we entered the building. The building (white with purple doors) had boarded up windows and looked vacant.

Our presence was quickly felt as we entered the house. There were twelve of us represented, including the McGlade clan from Florida. Our group almost doubled that of the homosexual youth and leaders. The demonic atmosphere was suffocating. The demons knew who we were, but the LORD kept their mouths shut.

A 23 year old male and a 33 year old female introduced themselves to us and then told the room that there was going to be an "Icebreaker" (meaning everyone had to state their name, their age, and what they liked to do when they were alone). After we introduced ourselves, we were broken into two groups. One group was to discuss the 10 positive aspects of a relationship, while the other, 10 negative aspects. I was grieved to hear Drew, a 17 year old "housewife" (as he put it) give his answers for the positive. His answers provided no stability for any relationship. One example Drew gave for the "positive" was that he now had someone to blame if things went sour in the relationship.)

After the group discussion, everyone came together again to discuss questions on relationships. All the answers given, dealt with depression, sense of self or whatever makes one happy. When all that could be seen was a sense of hopelessness, we could not keep quiet any longer. We questioned their definition of "sense of self." The counselors could not give absolute answers. The basic idea was that everything is based on situational ethics - "how does this relationship make me feel?" The worldview of this homosexual group was basically about pleasing oneself, making oneself feel good. The worldview of this group was built on sand, and made of straw.

Our next question could yield two of the following responses: First, we could expect that most would accept, without thinking, the hopelessness of homosexual worldview. Second, was that a few might feel the hopelessness of their worldview, and consequently see its foundation and its material crashing down around them, leaving them exposed. We asked these young homosexuals how they knew if what they were feeling and their actions based upon those feelings were right. Without hesitation (and care) the woman adult counselor told the truth of the matter. "You never know." She said. What a hopeless situation! This question caused quite a stir and instead of humbling themselves they hardened their hearts. From that moment on, they leadership questioned who we were, why we were there, where we were from and we were told to leave. According to their worldview, we were inhibiting the "safety" of these young gays and lesbians. As hypocrites do, they asked us to leave because we were not being tolerant of their lifestyle. Those who had preached tolerance had become the most intolerant of all.